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Bedford Road Invitational Tournament
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The Bedford Road Invitational Tournament (BRIT) is a boy's high school basketball tournaments in Canada. It takes place every January at Bedford Road Collegiate in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The current format has 12 schools take part in the tournament. Some notable alumni of BRIT include Martin Riley, Brent Charleton, Karl Tilleman, John Hatch, Byron Tokarchuk, Eric Mobley, and Robert Sacre.[citation needed]
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The Bedford Road Invitational Tournament, held annually at Bedford Road Collegiate in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is one of Canada's most prestigious high school basketball tournaments.[citation needed] Founded in 1968, BRIT originally featured only local Saskatoon high schools before expanding to include teams from across Saskatchewan and beyond.
Expansion and national reach
In 1969, schools from Regina and Weyburn were invited, turning the tournament into a province-wide event. By 1972, out-of-province teams such as Sisler High School from Winnipeg and Calgary's E.P. Scarlett began competing, marking BRIT's transformation into a national tournament.[citation needed]
In 1975, the tournament moved from December to its now-traditional January slot.[citation needed] Over the late 1970s and early 1980s, teams from British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec began participating regularly.[1][failed verification]
International participation
The first non-Canadian team to participate in BRIT were the New York Gauchos in 1988. The Gauchos were an Amateur Athletic Union club team of students from various high schools rather than a school team, and they dominated the tournament, winning easily.[2] The Castle Hill Kings, also from New York City, participated in 1993.[3]
The first non-North American team, The Scots College from Sydney, Australia, played in the 2004 tournament.[4] They returned for the 2007, 2012, and 2015 tournaments.[5]
Recent developments
The tournament was cancelled for the first time in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] The 2022 tournament was cancelled for the same reason.[7] The tournament resumed in 2023. In 2024 the Walter Murray Marauders won the BRIT54 Championship, defeating city rivals Holy Cross in only the third all-Saskatoon final.[8]
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